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Ep. 01 August 1, 2026 54 min

The Pilot Hole: Why Start a Podcast When You Could Be Fishing?

Episode one. Renato and Cole explain what this show is, why dry flies or nothing, and establish the official house rules for exaggerating fish size.

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Welcome to the very first episode of Risers & Lies.

In this one:

  • What this show is (two friends, dry flies, Colorado trout water) and what it isn’t (a place for honest fish measurements)
  • Our home water — and why you’ll never hear us name it on the internet
  • The official R&L Exaggeration Index — a fish gains one honest inch per retelling
  • Why we’re doing video, and whether Cole’s beard needs its own mic

From the episode

  • Fly of the episode: sparkle dun, size 16, fished badly
Full transcript
Renato: Welcome to Risers & Lies, the show where trout lie — and so do we. Cole: Mostly you. Renato: That fish last Tuesday was twenty inches, Cole. Cole: It was a stick, Renato. You netted a stick. [SAMPLE TRANSCRIPT — replace with the real Descript export]

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